Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her white hair is still thick. She has blue eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ilga embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful, Racist. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Laborer. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Alexandrite (1400 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. She is physically well-built. She has no hair. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She got into the Apothecary business at a young age. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She bought a monstrous two handed axe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new apothecary responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 20 gp. Moss agate (5 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'9" when asserting herself. She has dyed her greying beige fur a little too much giving a sharp beige color. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Gale was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1400 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born to a Baker, his father struggled to pay the bills. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To protect his home; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Extrovert. Bonds: Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 150 pp.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. Her ears are large.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a Masseuse, her mother struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 60 pp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp).